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A Blast from the Past - BlantyrePast

True story of the life and times of a mining family who were involved in the Blantyre (Lanarkshire) Pit disaster in which 215 miners were killed.

Ancestry.com - Search Schools, Directories & Church Histories

Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription.

Bearcreek, MT

Information about Bearcreek, Montana, including its history, includes a profile of all 74 miners killed in the 1943 Smith Mine Disaster and an index of all those buried at the historic Bearcreek Cemetery.

Birmingham Public Library - Local Databases - Alabama Coal Mine Fatalities, 1898-1938

The Alabama Coal Mine Fatalities Database consists of 2188 records compiled by the Birmingham Public Library using available annual reports of Alabama mine inspectors from 1898 through 1938. Search by last name, mine, year, occupation, cause of death, and race.

Bituminous Coal Mines of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. - Index

Index to the coal mines and coal companies that mined the bituminous coal seams of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Calumet Hecla Mine Applications from the Ross Collection of Cornish to Michigan

Michigan. Online searchable database.

Coal Camp Memories of Helen, WV

Helen, West Virginia. Fascinating rare video footage filmed in the late 1930s and early 1940s of the coal camp at Helen, West Virginia. Segments include coal camp baseball, football, town people, marching bands, etc.
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Coal Mining and Related Information for Golden, Colorado

Coal Mining History Resource Centre

Links to information on UK coal mining including coal mining accident databases.

Coal Mining in Illinois

Coal Mining in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era

Coal Mining in Williamson Co, IL

Coal Mining Records in The National Archives

Research guide from the National Archives, United Kindgom.

Coal Region of Pennsylvania

A collection of nostalgia and regionalisms from the Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania.

Coalfield Web Materials

Wales. Project to digitize photographic and oral history (audio, video) material contained within the University of Wales' South Wales Coalfield Collection.

Coalville, Iowa

Colorado Mining History Photographs Mining Bureau History Gold Silver

Colorado mining history in images William Green Russell.

Cornish Mining World Heritage

To foster links with Cornish mining related sites internationally.

Durham Miners Heritage Group

England.

Durham Mining Museum

England. Includes information on colleries, companies, accidents & more.